Super League dream team

A wholly English pack, English players always seem to take the majority of the pack when the Dream Team rolls around. Good stuff. Now for the backs.

I think half the team picks itself, whereas the other half is made from positions where no-one has excelled. Were Wellens/Dobson/Roby really the best full-back/scrum half/hooker this year? Probably, but no-one has stood out either.

Hall and Dobson are bizarre choices and you get the feeling they were thrown in desperately to cover up the dearth of talent in Yorkshire. However, Danny McGuire would have been a fair pick.

I hadn't actually noticed that county divide. I don't think it indicates the dearth of talent, but just the Yorkshire teams haven't really excelled this season, a ropey Rhino side in fourth, and a chop and change Hull FC side never really being able to settle yet still find results. Huddersfield too have been a team of steady-eddies without having anyone worthy of Dream Team selection. The rest, including my side, pretty poor, Menzies maybe, but not enough. The only sure fire omissions in my eyes would be Ben Jones-Bishop and Tom Briscoe, but the former might've missed too much game time.

Hall and Dobson are bizarre choices and you get the feeling they were thrown in desperately to cover up the dearth of talent in Yorkshire. However, Danny McGuire would have been a fair pick.

I see Roby's still the darling of whoever it is who makes these decisions. MOS?

Hall lost credibility with me in last years 4Nations, out of his Leeds comfort zone he was exposed as a deplorable defender and being honest not much better in attack, that is excepting games V France. Dobson has not been at all good and I cannot imagine who has given him their support.

But in Roby's case you are way out of order. He has been quite outstanding, certainly from my neutral point of view he has.

Back after a mediocre last season to the form we got used to from him in the season prior to that and I for one would have no argument with him being named MoS this season.

I think you may be overlooking the inconvenient fact that there are two Yorkshiremen in the Australian Dream Team.

The Australian 'Dream Team' you refer to was just a newspaper's team of the year. The official Dally M awards are announced this morning. Although I expect Gareth Ellis must be a good bet for the second rower of the year.

You'll need a newspaper article claiming such a fact before you can claim this as your own revelation...

With regards to the dream team.. Jones Bishop would have been a fine shout without the injury i think.. and agree wellens shows we have an issue there.. the fact our full back could come of the reserve grade in aus is a worry.. why arent we producing full backs??

Interesting that you pick King and Atkins in the centres, as tbh, before his injury Bridge was our best centre IMHO! King has been excellent there since he took over from Bridge though, although I do still believe that having a 6 like Briers must be a dream for a right centre.

Hall is a poor choice for me - I'd have had Tom Briscoe. I'll also be surprised if Atkins didn't run Senior close and I'd have ditched Wellens, moved S Tomkins to FB and then been happy with one of McGuire, Chase, Briers or Pryce at 6. Otherwise the team is ok.

Let's see if Macnamara picks him for the 4N now, or wether he will stick with Langley.

Both of these players were on the pitch at the DW last Friday night. One of them is a good player, the other one isn't.

I'll stick up for Langley, he does his job at Bradford very well, however, I don't think there is call for his defensive workhorse nature in the international team. The series is too short for that kind of player.